Seed-planter.



L. GRISELL & H. HALEY.

SEED PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.13. 190s.

Patented m 12, 1909.

Witnepeo l %TATE% @hhlltllil HARRY L. GRISELL AND HERBERT HALEY, OFOZARK, MISSOURI.

SEED-PLANTER.

vented certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Planters, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in hand planters for droppingcorn and other seed.

The ob ect of the invention is to provlde a seed planter of thischaracter which Wlll be simple, strong and durable in construction andconvenient and effective in operation.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in. which Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved planter; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation; Fig. 3 is a verticallongitudinal section; and Figs. 4 and 5 are transverse sections taken,respectively, on the planes indicated by the lines 4-4 and 5'5 in Fig.3.

The invention comprises a body 1 pro vided at its upper end with ahandle 2 and at its lower end with a shoe 3 adapted to be pushed intothe earth. The corn or other seed is supplied to the dropping shoethrough a chute formed by a channeled metal strip 4 secured to the topof the body 1 over a longitudinally extending groove 5 formed therein,said body being preferably constructed of wood, as illustrated. A flaredor funnel-shaped inlet section 6 is arranged upon the body at the upperend of the chute 4 and the lower end of the latter projects beneath andinto the shoe 3. Said shoe is constructed of a metal plate ofsubstantially triangular-shape arranged upon the front face of the lowerend of the body and having its sides 7 bent downwardly against the sideedges of said body, the outer or lower corners of said sides 7 being cutaway or beveled so that the shoe 3 is tapered and the upper or innercorners of said side 7 being shaped to provide apertured ears 8 to serveas bearings for the transverse pivot rod 9 of a valve plate 10 whichnormally closes the open bottom of the shoe 3. Said. valve plate isactuated to its closed position by a spring 11 andis adapted to beretracted by a pull rod Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 13, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Serial No. BAOl.

12. The spring 11 is preferably a coil spring arranged upon one arm 13of an angular member 14 the other arm 15 of which is rigidly secured at16 upon the bottom of the valve plate 10. The pull rod 12 has its lowerend engaged with an aperture or eye formed at the angle of the member 15and its upper end passes through a guide eye or opening formed in acurved brace 17 for 1 the handle 2, said upper end being provided with afinger loop 18 arranged within said brace, which latter also forms aguard. The brace 17 has its lower end secured by a screw or the like 19to the rear face of the body 1 and its upper end is apertured to receivea fastening bolt 20 which also passes through the body 1 and the handgrip 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

In operation, the planter is held in the right hand while the corn orother seed is taken in the left hand from a can or other receptaclecarried by the operator and dropped into the funnehshaped inlet 6 of thechute 1. The shoe 3 is then pushed into the ground and with the fingersof the right hand the pull rod 12 is drawn upwardly to open the valveplate 10 and at the same time the body is raised to draw the shoe out ofthe ground and to leave the seed in the latter.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention is exceedinglysimple in construction so that it may be produced at a comparativelysmall cost and will be strong and durable in use. Its peculiarconstruction also renders it exceedingly effective in o eration and easyand convenient to manipu ate.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. The herein described hand planter comprising a body provided with achute extending longitudinally thereof and having a hop per at its upperend, the shoe plate 3 bent around and secured to the lower end of thebody and being in communication with the chute, the triangular sides 7of the shoe plate having their upper extremities projecting beyond theside of the body to provide the apertured ears 8, the pivot rod 9 insaid ears, the swinging valve plate 10 having its upper end engaged withthe pivot rod and its lower end arranged between the sides 7 of the shoeto close the latter, the angular member 14 having an eye at its angleand the two arms 13, 15, the arm 15 extending downwardly and beingengaged with and secured to the intermediate portion of the valve plateand chute, a three-sided shoe secured to the.

lower end of the body and communicating With said chute, a pivotarranged in the side portions of said shoe, a valve plate hung from saidpivot and adapted to close the shoe, an angular member having one endengaged With and fixed to the valve plateand its other end arranged inand guided by an opening in the body, a coil spring arranged on the lastmentioned end of the member and confined between its angle and saidbody, a hand grip, a curved brace for the hand grip having one endengaged With one end of the hand grip and its other end secured to thebody, a transverse fastening passed through the body, the hand grip andthe brace and a pull rod slidable in an opening in the brace and havinga finger loop at its upper end and a hook at its lower end to engage anopening or eye in the angle of said member.

In testimony whereof We hereunto affix our signatures in the presence oftwo witnesses.

HARRY L. GRISELL.

HERBERT HALEY.

Witnesses: r

JACOB A. SNIDER, LIDA REID.

